Act No. 469

Public Acts of 2018

Approved by the Governor

December 24, 2018

Filed with the Secretary of State

December 27, 2018

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 27, 2019

STATE OF MICHIGAN

99TH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2018

Introduced by Senators Booher, Jones, MacGregor and Casperson

ENROLLED SENATE BILL No. 922

AN ACT to amend 1927 PA 175, entitled “An act to revise, consolidate, and codify the laws relating to criminal procedure and to define the jurisdiction, powers, and duties of courts, judges, and other officers of the court under the provisions of this act; to provide laws relative to the rights of persons accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the arrest of persons charged with or suspected of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for bail of persons arrested for or accused of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to provide for the examination of persons accused of criminal offenses; to regulate the procedure relative to grand juries, indictments, informations, and proceedings before trial; to provide for trials of persons complained of or indicted for criminal offenses and ordinance violations and to provide for the procedure in those trials; to provide for judgments and sentences of persons convicted of criminal offenses and ordinance violations; to establish a sentencing commission and to prescribe its powers and duties; to provide for procedure relating to new trials and appeals in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to provide a uniform system of probation throughout this state and the appointment of probation officers; to prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation of probation officers; to provide penalties for the violation of the duties of probation officers; to provide for procedure governing proceedings to prevent crime and proceedings for the discovery of crime; to provide for fees of officers, witnesses, and others in criminal and ordinance violation cases; to set forth miscellaneous provisions as to criminal procedure in certain cases; to provide penalties for the violation of certain provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with or contravening any of the provisions of this act,” by amending section 16b of chapter XVII (MCL 777.16b), as amended by 2017 PA 30.

The People of the State of Michigan enact:

CHAPTER XVII

Sec. 16b. This chapter applies to the following felonies enumerated in chapter 750 of the Michigan Compiled Laws:

M.C.L. Category Class Description Stat Max

750.43a Pub saf E Aiming a beam of directed energy emitted from a directed energy device at or into path of aircraft or a moving train 5

750.45a(1) Pub saf F Using an unmanned aircraft in a manner that interferes with certain facilities 4

750.45a(2) Pub saf F Flying over or causing an unmanned aircraft to hover over facility designated on federal registry 4

750.49(2)(a) to (d) Pub ord F Fighting animals or providing facilities for animal fights 4

750.49(2)(e) Pub ord F Organizing or promoting animal fights 4

750.49(2)(f) Pub ord H Attending animal fight 4

750.49(2)(g) Pub ord F Breeding or selling fighting animals 4

750.49(2)(h) Pub ord F Selling or possessing equipment for animal fights 4

750.49(8) Person A Inciting fighting animal resulting in death Life

750.49(9) Person F Inciting fighting animal to attack 4

750.49(10) Person D Fighting animal attacking without provocation and death resulting 15

750.50(4)(c) Pub ord G Animal neglect or cruelty involving 4 or more animals but fewer than 10 animals or with 1 prior conviction 2

750.50(4)(d) Pub ord F Animal neglect or cruelty involving 10 or more animals or with 2 or more prior convictions 4

750.50b(3) Property F Killing or torturing animals 4

750.50c(5) Pub ord E Killing or causing serious physical harm to law enforcement animal or search and rescue dog 5

750.50c(7) Pub saf H Harassing or causing harm to law enforcement animal or search and rescue dog while committing crime 2

750.68 Property G Changing brands with intent to steal 4

Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days after the date it is enacted into law.

Enacting section 2. This amendatory act does not take effect unless House Bill No. 5495 of the 99th Legislature is enacted into law.

This act is ordered to take immediate effect.

Secretary of the Senate

Clerk of the House of Representatives

Approved

Governor